Railway signal lantern



Feb. 20, 1923.

P. J. SLOAN.

RAILWAY SIGNAL LANTERN.

FILED DEC. 27,192].

I N V E.\' TOR.

ATTORNEYI i of the lantern.

PETER J. SLOAN, OF DENVER, COLORADO, .ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, T0 SANFRED ERICKSON, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

RAILWAY SIGNAL LANTERN.

Application filed December 27, 1921. Serial No. 525,198.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J. SIDAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway Signal Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is directed to improvements in lanterns for trainmen, and more particularly to one wherein bulbs of different color are employed, and necessary in railroad signaling. i

The primary object of the invention is to provide a lantern of this nature which is extremely simple in construction, durable, and one in which means are provided. for securing the same to a tie or the like to prevent accidental displacement thereof should the lantern be put at rest.

A further object of the invention is to provide a plurality of supporting legs so arranged as to effectively protect the bulbs from injury, and at the same time the legs carry spurs to penetrate a wooden support to hold the lantern against slippage or toppling over when left unattended.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described,.claimed'and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which The figure represents a perspective view Referring to the drawing 1 designates. the container, which is formed from suitable metal, and is preferably circular in cross section. Removably mounted in the container is a conventional form of battery 2, there being three button switches 3 carried by the container for controlling the electrical energy to the respective bulbs.

The upper end of the container is provided with pins 4, and detachably engaged therewith are bayonet slots 5 formed in the flange 7 of the top 8. Thus it will be apparent that the top 8 can be easily and quickly removed or replaced as desired.

Supporting legs 9 are employed, preferably four in number, said legs being braced by vertically spaced rings 10 and 11, so 'arranged as to protect the bulbs. These rings may be secured to the legs in any suitable manner. The upper ends of the legs 9 terminate in horizontal arms 12', which passtainer, as at 27.

through the flange 12 and the lower end of the container 1, bottom 11 associated therewith.

The legs 9 terminate at their lower ends in eyes 13, and engaged in said eyes is a base ring 14.. The eyes 13 in turn terminate in downwardly directed spurs 15, the purpose of which will appear later.

The bottom 11' has formed therein openings 16, 17 and 18, which are disposed in alinement, and have extended therethrough tubes 19, 20 and 21, respectively. Each tube has its upper end formed with a flange 22, which will rest on the upper surface of the bottom 11, and may be secured thereto in any suitable manner. The lower ends of these tubes are so fashioned as to detachably support light bulbs.

It will be noted that thecentral. tube 2 is greater in length than the tubes 19 and 21, whereby the white bulb 23 connected therewith will be disposed below the green and red bulbs 24; and 25 connected, respectively, with the tubes 19 and 21. This is deemed necessary since the white bulb will be some little distance below the other two bulbs to prevent the rays of light from the white bulb being directed through said flange having a either of the colored bulbs, which would be in any suitable manner, the bulbs being illuminated singly upon manipulating a desired switch button A handle 26 is provided, and is in the form of a loop, one end of which is pivotally connected to astud 27 carried by the con- The other end of the handle is formed with an eye 28, said eye being engaged with the threaded stud 29 fixed adjacent the'upper endof the container, a nut 30 being engaged on the stud and is adjustable to grip the eye 28 to hold the same firmly clamped, whereby the handle maybe held in different angular positions relative to the container. c

It will be noted that the extensions 12 .will firmly interlock the flange 12and the in the container.

By providing the spurs 15 it will be obvious that when the lantern is placed on a platform, tie or box car running board these spurs will penetrate the same and serve to prevent the lantern from becoming accidentally dislodged or knocked over. The spurs 15 will readily penetrate the support upon exerting slight pressure upon the lantern, or upon placing the foot upon the ring 14', and exerting slight pressure thereon.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1- A lantern of the class described, comprising a container, a top and bottom for the container, said bottom having a flange engaged in the container, supporting legs having their upper ends formed with extensions adapted to engage the flange and container 15 to interlock the same, vertically spaced rings engaged With the legs intermediate their ends, and a base ring disposed below the PETER J. SLOAN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL T. GLENN, SULLIvAN V. JOHNSON. 

